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M1-5

Rocket launch

by Russia

Launch time15 May 195716:01 UTC

failure

Serial number: M1-5

Flight test, maiden flight of R-7.

Fire in the Blok D strap-on led to premature separation at T+88 seconds and vehicle breakup.

Rocket R-7

launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 1/5Kazakhstan